Pistol with a knife blade thereon



Sept. 10, 195 7 A. P. BUQUOR PISTOL WITH A KNIFE BLADE THEREON Fil-ed Feb. 3, 1955 INVENTOR ADOLPH P. BUQUOR {fawn/W ATTORNEYS 6%, q i A. inter.

Patented Sept. 10, 1957 PISTOL WITH A KNIFE BLADE THEREON Adolph P. Buqnor, Washington, 1). C.

Application February 3, 1955, Serial No. 485,911

Claims. (Cl. 42-53) This invention relates to hand weapons for close-quarter combat, and particularly to inexpensive pistols equipped with accessory Weapons such as retractable blades, impact weapon, etc.

The weapon of the present invention is intended for use in arming resistance or underground groups in enemy-held territory or in unfriendly countries.

The weapon has been designed particularly for ease and economy of production and to readily adapt itself to packaging for distribution by parachute or the like.

The weapon comprises an inexpensive mass-produced, single shot pistol wherein the parts are made of stamped sheet metal and which has a smooth-bore barrel. According to the present invention, a retractable knife or bayonet blade is mounted on the pistol for movement from a retracted inoperative position to an extended or operative position. The blade is normally urged to its extended position but is held retracted for packaging or carrying and can be released to its operative position during and by the act of firing the pistol. According to the specific example, the blade is pivoted to a channelshaped hand guard so that it is sheathed within the channel of the guard when in its retracted position and is releasable, by a latch engageable by the trigger of the pistol, or the trigger finger of the user, to project outwardly from the pistol for immediate use. The weapon of the present invention includes further features such as provision for a silencer, an auxiliary blade, and/or an impact weapon of the type commonly referred to as brass knuckles.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a combined weapon for close-quarter combat readily convertible from a pistol to other hand weapon without lost motion on the part of the user.

It is another object of this invention to provide a weapon of the type set forth that is cheap and economical to produce in large quantities.

It is still another object of this invention to provide such a weapon having provision for mounting a silencer thereon.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a weapon attaining the above-noted objectives and yet of compact form for easy packaging and distribution.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a novel package arrangement including a weapon attaining the above objectives.

Additional and further objects and advantages will become apparent to those skilled in the art as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a weapon embody-- Fig. 5 is a top view of a package, with the cover removed, illustrating the manner of packing the weapon; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a further component of the weapon.

Referring first to Fig. 1, wherein there is shown a known type of inexpensive pistol having a smooth-bore barrel 2, which may be constructed of seamless steel tubing or the like, a grip portion 4 formed of sheet metal welded to the barrel 2, a breech slide 6, a hammer mechanism 8, and a trigger 9. The hammer mechanism 8 is adapted to be manually retracted rearwardly to disengage pin 10 from the breech slide 6 whereupon the hammer mechanism may be rotated about a horizontal axis to engage an abutment surface 12 and be thereby held in retracted position against the action of an internal spring, not shown. In this position, the breech slide 6 may be lifted to permit access to the cartridge chamber. When the weapon has been loaded, the breech slide 6 may be again moved downwardly to its lower position and the hammer mechanism turned from abutment 12 to move forwardly and project pin 10 through the breech slide 6 to lock the same in its lower position. A triggering mechanism (not shown) is operated by the trigger 9 to effect firing of the weapon.

The grip portion 4 is hollow and provides for storage of extra cartridges 14. The lowermost end of the grip portion 4 is open and tabs 16 are bent and turned inwardly from the side walls of the grip portion 4- to form guides for a slidable closure 18.

According to the present invention, the usual trigger guard is replaced by a hand guard 20. The hand guard 2% is of forwardly open channel shape with the web portion thereof extending upwardly and perforated to receive barrel 2, as at 22. The upper end of the portion 22 of the hand guard may be formed as a front sight 24 (see Fig. 4 also), the rear sight comprising a notch in the breech slide 6. The forward end of the barrel 2 may be provided with threads 26 for mounting a suitable silencer schematically shown at 28.

The illustrated example shows silencer 28 as a removable accessory to be attached to the end of barrel 2, however, it is contemplated that in some instances the silencer will be built-in as a permanent part of the pistol and would possibly extend rearwardly to a position well back toward the cartridge chamber, extending through the upper portion of the hand guard 20.

Adjacent its upper end, but below the barrel 2, the side flanges of the hand guard 20 extend forwardly to form laterally spaced ears 30. The portion of the hand guard below the ears 30 defines a much narrower channel section (see Fig. 2) extending to a position adjacent the lower end of the grip portion 4 where the web of the hand guard is secured, such as by welding, to the grip portion, at 32.

The ears 30 are provided adjacent their forward ends with a pivot pin 34 pivotally mounting a retractable blade 36. The blade 36 comprises a blade portion and brackets 38 of generally 2 shape welded to the innermost end of the blade and provided with parallel ears 40 outwardly of the ears 30 of the hand guard. The ears 41) are journalled on the pivot pin 34 (although the pin may be fixed to the ears 4%) and journalled in the ears 30) for pivotal movement from the retracted position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 to the extended position shown in dotted line in Fig. l. A suitable torsion spring 42 is arranged to normally urge the pivoted blade to its extended or dotted line position. One of the cars 40 (see Fig. l) is provided with an extension 44 defining a latch.

surface 46 engageable by an end of a pivoted latch member 48 when the blade is in its retracted position.

The latch member 48 is pivoted to one side of the 3. hand guard, at 50 and extends from a position adjacent the latch surface 46 rearwardly to a position alongside the trigger 9. The innermost end of the latch 48 is curbed=to define -a surface-.52 alongside trigger: 9.

A laterally extending-lpin Sgtis mounted on the: trigger- 9 in such position that, upon firing the pistol by swing ng.

trigger-Qrearwardly about its pivot 56,.the. pin 54 engages cam surface 52 of the latch 48 and depressesthemear. end

of. latch 48 downwardly, immediately after. the pistol is fired sufliciently,-to liftl the forward; end 'of the. latchv 48 free of latch surface 46 to permit spring 42 to snapthe blade 36 fromzthe full line position ofFig; l to the- Thus,- the mere:

hand'guard whenthe blade isin its retractedpositiom.

thus permitting the:user to:car'ry theweaponin a concealedposition .in his clothing without substantial. danger. Theside flanges of the hand guard 20 are further formed with scallops or spaced projections 58 at their forward;

edge. In the event theknife blade 36 becomes broken .or otherwise useless, the: projections 58 of the hand guard may. servethe user as aniimpact weapon in. the nature of brass knuckles Whilemaintaininghis. normal grip on the pistol.

' The closure 18, previously described,'.is. provided with a spike blade:6.0 fixedto-one surface thereof. As. shown" in. Fig;- 1,, the spike; blade extends inwardly from the.

closure.18. The grip portion 4 of-the pistolis provided.-

with a vertical slot; 62 inits rearmost edge in alignment withthei blade 6t) whereby. theiclosure 18. may be removed.

by sliding the same. rearwardly and thus withdraw blade 60 through' slot 62', whereupon the closure. 18 may be re-. versed: and replaced. in. its guide 16 with the. spike; blade 60 projecting downwardly." from the pistol. grip to serve as a further weaponlfori closegquarter. combat. The hollow interior of the gripportiondis of. sufiicientwidth to receive;two.=rowsof. spare'cartridges14 and with the. spike blade'6t)extendinginwardly,as shown in Fig. 1, the blade acts asa-separatorbetween twosrows of cartridges. 14.

' As clearly evident from Fig. 4, the cars 30 of the hand guard 20 are spaced laterally a-sufficient distance and are sopositioned: belowbarrel Z-that the silence 28 may be readily applied to-orrem'oved fromthe pistol without interference from the ears.30 or the knifeblade 3.6.

, Clearly the blade 36 may be pivoted to-the' hand guardat the lower end thereof if desired, and it-isevencon-- templated that the blade may be slidably mounted on the a pistol formovement from a retracted to an extended position.

Itwill be noted that the pivot pin 34forthe blade is locatedadjacent the lower edges ofears 30. By this means the transverse portions of thebrackets' 38 abut the forward edges of ears "30 when the blade isin its extended position to thereby act as a stop, limiting swinging movement of the blade.

Referring now to Fig. there is shown a container 70" tained therein. Theseal'ed tin' may have. an opening-.key

solderedto the bottom thereof for use in.- the welllknown The body of" cushioning material 72 ispro manner to open the tin and gain access to the weapon therein.

While a single specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described herein, it is to be understood that many modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims. I claim:

1. A close-combat weaponcomprising a pistol having 7 a barrel, a grip portion, and a trigger, a knife blade movably mounted on said pistol for movement thereon from a retracted inoperative position to'an extended opera tive position, means normally urging said knife. blade to its said extended position, latch means for holding said knife blade in its. said retracted position, and movable latch release means, said latch release means including an operating lever having a portion thereof extending along a side of said trigger for actuation by the trigger finger of..the user.v whereby saidr user may selectively-actuate said trigger or said. knife; release lever, or actuate tion, IatchJneans for holding said blade in said'retracted position, and. movable. latch release. means, saidlatch.

release meansincludi'ng an operating-lever having a portion thereof. extending along; a side of: said'trigger foractuation by the. trigger finger of; the-.user whereby said.

usermay selectively actuate said trigger or said knife release lever, or actuate, both'saidtrigger and saidlever substantially simultaneously.

3. A close. combatweapon comprising, a pistol having a barrel, a. grip portion, and. a. trigger, a knife blade movably mounted on said pistoifor movement thereon from a retractedinoperative positionltoan-extended operative position, a hand guard mounted on said: barrel and connected with the lowerend of said grip portion, said hand guard havingachannel formed'therein to re:

ceive said knife blade.- when disposedv in its inoperative; position, means normally urging said blade to. said. ex-.- tended.position;.latch means for holding said: blade. in said retractedvposition, movable latch release means'said" latch release meansincludingan operating lever having" a portion thereof extendingalong-a side-ofsaid trigger. for actuation by the-trigger finger of the user: independently of the actuationofsaidztriggerr and a'pin-projecting from said side of said trigger adapted to-engage and actuate.

said lever substantially. simultaneously with the. actuation of said' trigger'by the'trigger finger oftheuser.

4. A close-combat weapon comprising, a pistolhaving a barrel, a grip portion, and a trigger, a hand guard having a pair. ofopposed ends of Whichone end is mounted on said barrel and the'other end thereof is. connected to the.

lower end of said'grip portion, said hand guard having a forwardly-open. channel extending from adjacent said barrel to the lower end of said grip portion, a knife blade.

having an end thereof pivotally connected on. said hand guard adjacent saidbarrel withv the .free. end. thereof movable. from aretracted: inoperableposition' toan extended operable position, said knife blade in its inoperablev position lying at' least partially withinsaid. channel, means on said hand guard constantly tending. tolurge saidiknife blade towards its extended; operableposition, cooperating latch means on said knife blade. andlsaid handl guard to. releasably .secure' said. knife blade. in. its. inoperative position, said releasable latch meansaincludinga knifereleasealevenhavingra portionxthereof disposed adjacentlsaid trlgger for actuation by the trigger finger of the .user

whereby said user may selectively actuate said trigger or said knife release lever, or actuate both said trigger and said lever substantially simultaneously.

5. A close-combat Weapon comprising, a pistol having a barrel, a grip portion, and a trigger, a knife blade movably mounted on said pistol for movement thereon from a retracted inoperative position to an extended operative position, a hand guard mounted on said barrel and connected with the lower end of said grip portion, said hand guard having a channel formed therein to receive said knife blade when disposed in its inoperative position, means normally urging said blade to said extended position, latch means for holding said blade in said retracted position, and movable latch release means, said latch release means including an operating lever pivotally mounted on said hand guard and having a portion thereof extending along a side of said trigger for actuation by the trigger finger of the user whereby the user may selectively actuate by his trigger finger said operating lever 6 for said latch release means independently of said trigger or to actuate said operating lever and said trigger substantially simultaneously.

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